It started to deviate from my original question, and before it goes too far, I accept the answer by RudiC
Quote:
Can I say there is no regexp for this case in awk, similar to your perl script ?
You seem to be caught in an error: regexes exist for searching/matching purposes ONLY. You can't print them. For printing a repetitive pattern, you need to type it as is, use a loop, or fall back to tricks as posted before.
the data file is as below:
> cat master.cnf
/usr| location for usr|5
/src/ver1| version 1 |10
/src/ver2/log| ver 2 log |25
/src/sys/apps/log| Application log for sys|36
/src/sys/apps/conf| configuration location for app|45
/src/sys/apps/bin| binary location app|55my script is as below:
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Good Day,
Im new to scripting especially awk and sed. I just would like to ask help from you guys about a sed command that prints the line immediately after a regexp, but not the line containing the regexp.
sed -n '/regexp/{n;p;}' filename
What if my regexp is 3 word or a sentence. Im... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I know how to use awk to search some expressions like five consecutive numbers, , this is easy.
However, how do I make awk print the pattern that is been matched?
For example:
input: usa,canada99292,japan222,france59664,egypt223
output:99292,59664 (6 Replies)
Hi users
I have one file which has number of occurrence of one pattern
examples
Adjustmenttype,11
xyz 10
dwe 9
abd 13
def 14
Adjustmenttype,11
xyz 24
dwe 34
abd 35
def 11
nmb 12
Adjustmenttype, not eleven
....
...
... (2 Replies)
I am trying to print text between two variables in a file
I have tried the following things but none seem to work:
awk ' /'$a'/ {flag=1;next} /'$b'/{flag=0} flag { print }' file
and also
sed "/$a/,/$b/p" file
But none seem to work
Any Ideas?
Thanks in Advance (5 Replies)
I wanted to get outcome from a big file with pattern quoted:
Line FSP LSP SR RL
Test1 100 300 4 4000
Test2 1 300 2 300
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you. (15 Replies)
Hello all
According to the following file (orignal one contains 200x times the same structure...) I was wondering if someone could help me to print <byte>??</byte> values
example, running this script/command like
./script.sh xxapp
I would expect as output: 102 116 112
./script.sh xxapp2... (2 Replies)
Hi,
Do anybody know how to use awk to count the pattern at specific column?
Input file
M2A928K 419 ath-miR159a,gma-miR159a-3p,ptc-miR159a 60 miR235a
.
.
Output file
M2A928K 419 ath-miR159a,gma-miR159a-3p,ptc-miR159a 60 miR235a 3
.
.
I plan to count how many "miR" in column 3... (2 Replies)
Hi All,
I need to print the characters in the previous line just before the regular expression match
Please have a look at the input file as attached
I need to match the regular expression ^ with the character of the previous like and also the pin numbers
and the output file should be like... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: kshitij
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LEARN ABOUT MOJAVE
regexp::common::profanity5.18
Regexp::Common::profanity(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Regexp::Common::profanity(3)NAME
Regexp::Common::profanity -- provide regexes for profanity
SYNOPSIS
use Regexp::Common qw /profanity/;
while (<>) {
/$RE{profanity}/ and print "Contains profanity
";
}
DESCRIPTION
Please consult the manual of Regexp::Common for a general description of the works of this interface.
Do not use this module directly, but load it via Regexp::Common.
$RE{profanity}
Returns a pattern matching words -- such as Carlin's "big seven" -- that are most likely to give offense. Note that correct anatomical
terms are deliberately not included in the list.
Under "-keep" (see Regexp::Common):
$1 captures the entire word
$RE{profanity}{contextual}
Returns a pattern matching words that are likely to give offense when used in specific contexts, but which also have genuinely non-
offensive meanings.
Under "-keep" (see Regexp::Common):
$1 captures the entire word
SEE ALSO
Regexp::Common for a general description of how to use this interface.
AUTHOR
Damian Conway (damian@conway.org)
MAINTAINANCE
This package is maintained by Abigail (regexp-common@abigail.be).
BUGS AND IRRITATIONS
Bound to be plenty.
For a start, there are many common regexes missing. Send them in to regexp-common@abigail.be.
LICENSE and COPYRIGHT
This software is Copyright (c) 2001 - 2009, Damian Conway and Abigail.
This module is free software, and maybe used under any of the following licenses:
1) The Perl Artistic License. See the file COPYRIGHT.AL.
2) The Perl Artistic License 2.0. See the file COPYRIGHT.AL2.
3) The BSD Licence. See the file COPYRIGHT.BSD.
4) The MIT Licence. See the file COPYRIGHT.MIT.
perl v5.18.2 2013-03-08 Regexp::Common::profanity(3)